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[JMH ACLJ]

I<< or if the National Academy of Sciences, after full vetting of an issue,
declares that global warming is a reality, that's good enough for me, and so
on. >>

The risk associated with such an approach is to have everyone else but
yourself truly appreciate how cold you must feel riding past stark naked, when
some child of a layperson hollers out, "The Emperor is wearing no clothes."
Worse, still, you might attempt to see the clothes even after everyone else
has been shocked into reality and had a good belly laugh at the Emperor's
expense.

Jim Henderson
ACLJ